PREFERRED TERM
Empire style
DEFINITION
- A style of garment, characteristic of the first French empire, during Napoleon's reign as emperor (1804–14). Its motifs included imperial eagles, swans, cornucopias, winged torches, and fasces of arms.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Clarke, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. (online); Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Style Empire
French
Stile impero
Italian
Estilo imperio
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/675
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